A roundup of ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 10 February to Sunday 16 February 2014.<\/i><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 The new phone books are here and The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has dedicated both White and Yellow pages\u2019 directory front covers on all editions, to Tourism\u2019s Golden Jubilee\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Thousands of Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) pre-paid cellular customers will see their calling costs increase 15 per cent under Value-Added Tax (VAT), with the carrier itself set to incur a \u201csubstantial\u201d $1 million bill just to make its systems compliant\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cura<\/i>\u00e7ao <\/i>\u2013 Cura\u00e7ao Technology Exchange (CTEX) and various global technology partners are hosting a one-day technology conference at the Santa Barbara resort on March 7, 2014\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Jamaica’s sole provider of advanced wired and wireless Internet service, LIME, will tomorrow turn its focus toward safe and responsible use of the technology as part of the global observation of Safer Internet Day (SID)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/i> \u2013 Columbus Business Solutions (CBS), the business brand of Columbus International Inc. (Columbus), and a provider of premium telecommunications services to businesses in the greater Caribbean, Andean and Central American regions, is proud to announce its expanded presence in the Recovery as a Service (RaaS) market, under its portfolio of Cloud Continuity Services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/i> \u2013 Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) today announces that Tim Pennington, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company, and it has commenced a global search for his successor\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/i> \u2013 The Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) of the Organization of American States (OAS) today opened its High Level Strategic Dialogue in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with a call to take advantage of the new Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) and the advantages offered by public-private partnerships to encourage development in the entire region and to reduce social inequality\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/i>\u2013 As part of his regional tour of LIME\u2019s operations, Regional CEO, LIME Mr. Martin Roos made his 1st visit to the Federation for 2014; paying a courtesy call on the Minister of Information Technology & Telecommunications, Hon. Glenn Phillip\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Saint Lucia <\/i>\u2013 Caribbean\u00a0history is the picture of a region lacking in\u2028physical and financial resources,\u00a0but constantly finding ways to\u00a0confront those realities through human\u00a0resourcefulness and\u00a0ingenuity\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago <\/i>\u2013 Following a successful, award-winning year, gaining new clients via excellent service and innovative products, Resonance Trinidad has launched a revolutionary way to pay bills\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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B.T.L. says they are working together to find an agreeable outcome<\/h4>\nBelize <\/i>\u2013 To address their fears, a meeting was held with various distributors in Belize City this afternoon. B.T.L. called a late evening press briefing saying that they are working together to find an agreeable outcome.\u00a0 The discussion, says Miranda, was productive\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/i>\u2013 This interim management statement provides an update on the performance and financial position of the Group since the six months ended 30 September 2013 \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/i>\u2013 Ericsson Application Awards competition supports local innovation in Latin America and Caribbean \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago <\/i>\u2013 PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday launched information and communications programme Star.tt, aimed at providing rural communities with lifestyle-changing technology, available at their community centres\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company\u2019s (BTC) controlling shareholder yesterday said it was moving rapidly to ensure the carrier\u2019s network \u201cis second to none\u201d, revealing its multi-million dollar investments were already producing returns\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/i> \u2013 MORE STAFF, a wider 4G network and venturing into information and communications technology (ICT) are all part of Digicel plans as it prepares to invest millions more in the Barbados market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
British Virgin Islands <\/i>\u2013 It sounds like science fiction: You can now pay for a ride to space with the first decentralised digital currency \u2014 money that exists only on the Internet\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/i>\u2013 Digicel Group made a net loss of US$198 million last year, as disclosed by Fitch ratings agency in its most recent report on the telecom\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago <\/i>\u2013 Vice president of Icons Company Ltd Tarquin Joseph says more needs to be done in T&T to improve the standards of cybersecurity\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago<\/i> \u2013 Next Monday, representatives of the Internet Address Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean (LACNIC) will begin a series of visits and meetings with T&T officials and operators to report on the impending exhaustion of the regional IPv4 address stock and discuss actions that should be taken to ensure normal Internet growth\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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4G Internet in the Caribbean? You’ll Find It Here<\/h4>\nAntigua and Barbuda<\/i> \u2013 Here being Jumby Bay, a Rosewood resort that is its own private island just a short boat ride away from Antigua\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) yesterday said product bundling and competitive pricing had increased its broadband Internet sales by 400 per cent over the previous year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Cura<\/i>\u00e7ao <\/i>\u2013 Cura\u00e7ao Technology Exchange (CTEX) and CORE N.V. announced today that they have formalized a strategic alliance agreement\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Dominican Republic <\/i>\u2013 A group of 200 experts from 34 countries on Wednesday urged the private sector, as the motor of the economy, to join the government by investing in broadband infrastructure projects in countries of the Americas\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Cable & Wireless Jamaica saw its quarterly revenues reach JMD 4.93 billion in the third quarter ended 31 December 2013, down 13 percent from JMD 6.06 billion in the same quarter of 2012\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Telecommunications leader, Digicel has introduced another first to the market for its customers across Jamaica \u2013 DATAFLEX \u2013 a recharge card and electronic top up that allows Digicel customers to top up their data account in order to access the internet\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 WHEN the e-Learning Jamaica project formally ends at the end of this fiscal year, it would have expended US$52 million, or just about J$4.3 billion, and distributed close to 100 desktop computers, over 50 laptops and a range of instructional and teacher training materials, computer and audiovisual equipment and networks, and diagnostic tests to each of the 203 educational institutions on its list\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 The Opposition wants an update on the initiative to incorporate the use of computer tables in public schools\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/i> \u2013 HBO Latin America announced its programming for 2014, which includes big screen hits, award-winning original TV series and other highly acclaimed productions\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago <\/i>\u2013 ON January 29th, Blink in collaboration with CALIX, a leading global provider of broadband communications access systems and software, officially unveiled a Gigabit Community in a housing development within Lange Park Chaguanas\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), part of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), has completed the full commercial launch of the country\u2019s only Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile data services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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BTC:\u2008$5-6\u00a0million LTE\u2008launch aids competitiveness<\/h4>\nBahamas<\/i> \u2013 Launching its latest technological innovation in the form of 4G\u2008Long Term Evolution, BTC\u2008said the new standard for wireless data communications technology is something its mobile data users and business customers in particular have been demanding, adding that it should help position the company for competition\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 The BAHAMAS Telecommunications Company (BTC) plans to extend its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology footprint throughout the this nation over the remainder of this year and into 2015, telling Tribune Business it will place the Bahamas on par with countries such as the US\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Cable Bahamas has been sounding out the Bahamian capital markets to gauge investor appetite for a proposed preference share offering, which sources said is likely to be launched in April\/May this year\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 THE Bahamas Telecommunications Company launched its 4G LTE service for New Providence, Grand Bahama, Abaco and Eleuthera last night during a celebratory event in Pompey Square\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
British Virgin Islands<\/i> \u2013 A bill unveiled last week in the British Virgin Islands that would punish the publishing of sensitive computer data with 20 years in prison should be amended to include a public-interest exception in order to avoid a chilling effect on legitimate journalistic activity, the International Press Institute (IPI) said on Wednesday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Dominica <\/i>\u2013 LIME is welcoming customers back to the leading landline, Internet and mobile network in Dominica over the coming weeks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Dominican Republic <\/i>\u2013 Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the telecommunications sector of the Dominican Republic reached over USD 5 billion in the last decade, according to data from the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 The RJR Communications Group made J$43 million dollars in profits from October to December 2013, an out turn that helped to boost\u00a0 profits from April to December to J$58 million\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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LIME sees 25% rise in mobile subscriber base<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/i>\u2013 TELECOMMUNICATIONS company LIME added 35,000 mobile subscribers to its network during the third quarter last year, pushing its operating profit up by 25 per cent\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/i> \u2013 The Internet currency Bitcoin is surrounded by uncertainty. Is it a speculative bubble? Is it really as anonymous as its proponents claim? Can one actually use it to purchase the legendary White Widow strain of marijuana, or to hire a hit man? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/i> \u2013 The Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) of the Organization of American States (OAS) concluded Thursday its Sixth Assembly in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with a call to strengthen cooperation on the formulation of strategies for the development and deployment of broadband, in order to improve connectivity and social, economic and cultural development of the countries of the Hemisphere\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas<\/i> \u2013 Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells said yesterday it is unclear when the government will move to establish a select committee in the House of Assembly to investigate the 2011 sale of the majority stake in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/i>\u2013 The Organization of American States (OAS) and Microsoft have signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen efforts made by the OAS cyber security program over the last ten years. The signing of the agreement took place at Microsoft\u2019s headquarters in Washington State\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/i>\u2013 The United States Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning cell phone users about a \u201cone ring\u201d phone scam from the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
British Virgin Islands <\/i>\u2013 An initiative to \u201crecycle, repair and repurpose\u201d broken and unwanted computer equipment has been launched in an effort to improve access to computers and technology for students across the British Virgin Islands\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Image credits: \u00a0Belize Web<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>; \u00a0The Eleutheran<\/a>; \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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